German football nationalists Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan met in London with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is on a three-day visit to Britain before the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in June.
Ozil and Gundogan, who are of Turkish descent, gave Erdogan t-shirts to their clubs - Arsenal and Manchester City respectively, and the Turkish national, Cenk Tosun, who plays for another English club mentioned by football betting record - Everton.
According to analysts, the meeting with Ozil and Gundogan, who was born in Gelsenkirchen, is an indirect attempt by Erdogan to campaign for the Turkish population in Germany after the German authorities themselves banned Erdogan from campaigning on their territory. he meeting between the Turkish president and the German nationalists is also signposting - Germany and Turkey are the only candidates to host the European Football Championship in 2024.
The elections in Turkey will be held on June 24th.